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Abstracts of contracts including a house sale on the Jewish lane TM 21688Hermopolis

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A fragment of a register of abstracts of contracts from Hermopolis, recording property transactions with dates of registration. One entry records a sale by Hermaios to Neoteris of 2 arouras of grain land and a house with courtyard on the Jewish lane in the Western Fort quarter; another concerns a loan of 109 drachmas 4 obols secured by a mortgage on part of a house.

In English machine translation

[…] […] himself (?) […] by the paved avenue of Hermes the thrice-great god […] courtyard and […] towards the Sarapis street […] Year 19, Pauni 7, registered (?) in Mesore, submitted […] additional (?) of year 19. Hermaios son of Helene daughter of Totheus, of the Western Fort quarter, to Neoteris daughter of Amphion also called T[…], her mother being Didyme also called Tares daughter of Apollonios, of the same quarter, with her guardian Dios son of Pasion, greetings. I acknowledge that I have sold to you 2 arouras of grain-bearing land and a house with the courtyard in it and a half share of the party walls of 2 houses in the Western Fort quarter on the Jewish lane, the price of the house-site […] Year 19, Epeiph, registered (?) in Mesore, submitted year 20, Phaophi […] Hermaios also called Phibion son of Apollonios also called Mittokos, of Hermopolis, […] son of Herodes of the same city, […] year 14, in the month […] of a capital of 109 drachmas 4 obols, interest of 6 drachmas, for […] on mortgage […] share of a house in the Eastern City quarter […] […] in the month […] Tereus (?) […] […] […]

Western Fort and Eastern City were quarters (amphoda) of Hermopolis; the reference to a 'Jewish lane' attests a Jewish presence there. The abbreviation 'katal' is uncertain and may refer to registration or deposit of the contract.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Abstracts of Contracts). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

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p.amh.2.98

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · Hermopolis

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